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We saw hus local urologist last week, recieved good info and felt reassured. He scheduled John...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1110908/

Discussion: Choosing Radiation Oncologist - rising PSA post prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 24, 2024

surgery may be best option, but lets see . Let us know what the PSMA PET...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1108817/

Discussion: Just diagnosed gobsmacked looking for advice

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 20, 2024

If psa continues to rise get Get a Psma pet ct scan!

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1107023/

Discussion: Choosing Radiation Oncologist - rising PSA post prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 17, 2024

@johnt0707 I am not sure who told you if you have to have cancer this is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1101371/

Discussion: The ways others react to news of your prostate cancer

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 8, 2024

Let narrow the question down further. Is there anyone out there that is stage 4 that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1101370/

Discussion: Time to Castrate Resistance: Anyone remained castrate sensitive 5+ yrs

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 8, 2024

Bone mets only Xtandi kept PSA down for 12 moths then oncologist put me on 6...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1092172/

Discussion: 81 year old who had prostate cancer 13 years ago psa risen to 36

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 23, 2024

Most urologists use a 20% or more year over year increase in PSA as a red...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1090469/

Discussion: What is a Quick Rise in PSA?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 20, 2024

My MO at Johns Hopkins uses regular PSA test (Labcorp undetectable is < 0.1). When I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1088499/

Discussion: Salvage radiation therapy after radical prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 17, 2024

Did your PSA rise while on AS over those 13 months? Did you have another MRI...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1087747/

Discussion: 3+3 - others' experiences and questions I should ask doc?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 16, 2024

Here's a study (pretty old now) challenging the then-accepted 0.2 PSA as the threshold for recurrence,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1074474/

Discussion: 11 anniversaries since diagnosis of stage 4 prostate cancer

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 25, 2024

Thanks for your comment and question. I’ve see some of your other comments and they’ve always...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1073532/

Discussion: Gleason 6 (3+3) treatments

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 23, 2024

Like you, my path report showed several areas of positive margin, "linear length 3-4 mm". 60-70%...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1059774/

Discussion: Positive margins

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 30, 2024

I had two positive surgical margins after my RARP in December 2018: 4mm at distal apical...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1059336/

Discussion: Positive margins

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 29, 2024

you're on the right path my brother. I had surgery 3 years ago ( 3+4=7 Gleason...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1058693/

Discussion: Trimix injection good or bad idea?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 28, 2024

osvtampco, the next test is usually an MRI. We like the MRI later combined with ultrasound...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1055480/

Discussion: I had 2 PSA tests given by Kaiser 10.9 and 11: What test is next?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 22, 2024

Time to find a new doctor--that ridiculous and flippant response to your concern about a PSA...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1054410/

Discussion: My numbers up to 9: Told it was because I don't use it enough?!

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 20, 2024

2010 2.5 months at Loma Linda for proton radiation therapy (the time currently with new procedures...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1049317/

Discussion: PSA at 3 months after radiation: Should it be lower?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 12, 2024

I thought the rationale for waiting was so cancer would be more likely to show up...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1046602/

Discussion: Prostate Removed--Rising PSA: What are my options?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 7, 2024

@ozelli No ADT and received 30 rounds of radiation (proton). Was diagnozed initally at itermediate risk...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1046159/

Discussion: PSA numbers after radiation with no ADT

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 6, 2024

I had a 10.2 psa with no metastasis and my brother had 6.5 but his had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1043146/

Discussion: Conflicted/Confused, any Guidance/Advice out there?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 31, 2024